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Volkswagen and Suzuki to Establish Strategic Partnership; VW to Take 19.9% Stake in Suzuki, Suzuki to Invest in VW

Green Car Congress

We are both presenting our lists and are comparing notes so that we can start from where that would benefit both of us. We can’t afford to spend a lot of time on this, we want to be speedy. Suzuki had established a strategic alliance with General Motors in 1981, which ultimately resulted in GM holding 20% of the company.

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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

That kind of computing power was not affordable in the mid-1970s. George has never really understood who we are, and he can no longer afford us. But we almost closed a joint deal with two vast corporations, General Motors and Philips. Disney bought the company in 2006 for more than $7 billion. Ross Perot.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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